Abstract: Methods of administering glyburide, or other drug, are disclosed. The novel methods disclosed herein include intravenous methods of administering glyburide, or other drug, over periods of more than an hour, preferably over periods of about 72 hours. The novel methods include administering a bolus of glyburide, or other drug, followed by a first continuous infusion administration of glyburide, or other drug; and optionally a second or further bolus administration of glyburide, or other drug, and/or a second or further continuous infusion administration of glyburide, or other drug. These methods are effective to rapidly achieve a desired level of glyburide, or other drug, and to provide a substantially steady level of glyburide, or other drug, over a desired period of time. The methods disclosed herein may be useful for treating a subject in need of treatment for, e.g.

Abstract: Methods of administering glyburide, or other drug, are disclosed. The novel methods disclosed herein include intravenous methods of administering glyburide, or other drug, over periods of more than an hour, preferably over periods of about 72 hours. The novel methods include administering a bolus of glyburide, or other drug, followed by a first continuous infusion administration of glyburide, or other drug; and optionally a second or further bolus administration of glyburide, or other drug, and/or a second or further continuous infusion administration of glyburide, or other drug. These methods are effective to rapidly achieve a desired level of glyburide, or other drug, and to provide a substantially steady level of glyburide, or other drug, over a desired period of time. The methods disclosed herein may be useful for treating a subject in need of treatment for, e.g.

Abstract: A system for determining the position and orientation of a flying object such as a missile includes a ground segment having at least one pseudolite station located on the earth's surface which transmits into space a navigation signal that uniquely identifies the pseudolite station, and a user segment having at least one sensor which is situated in the missile and is designed to receive the navigation signal from the at least one pseudolite station and to determine its absolute position and orientation in space on the basis of the received navigation signal.

Abstract: A method and system for automatically determining the position of transceivers of navigation signals using a utilization system for the navigation signals are provided. First, coarse calibration of the coordinates of the transceivers is performed. Next, a trajectory of the utilization system is estimated. Finally, fine calibration of the coordinates of the transceivers and the trajectory of the utilization system is performed.

Abstract: NSC antagonists are disclosed as useful in the treatment of dementia, in delaying the onset of dementia, and in the prevention of dementia. Dementia so treated may be, for example, Alzheimer's Disease (AD). NSC antagonists for treating dementia such as AD may be administered alone, a) in combination with other drugs used for treating dementia, b) in combination with drugs that stabilize or increase blood plasma glucose levels, or with both a) and b). Pharmaceutical compositions, dosage forms, and methods for using the same are disclosed, which include NSC antagonists, NSC antagonists combined with dementia drugs, NSC antagonists combined with glucose-level stabilizing or enhancing drugs, or combinations of these. Dosage forms may be designed to provide stable plasma levels for extended periods of time.

Abstract: In an imaging acquisition system and method, successive x-ray images and successive optical images are respectively acquired from an examination subject. Positional identifiers associated with the examination subject are detected in the optical images, and acquisition of respective x-ray images is triggered only when the identifiers are detected in the optical images. The number of acquired x-ray images is therefore substantially fewer than the number of acquired optical images, and the x-ray images can be acquired with substantially no overlap, thereby avoiding exposing the examination subject to unnecessary radiation.

Abstract: The present invention concerns genes associated with viral disease in fish, particularly fish from the family Salmonidae, and more particularly Atlantic salmon.

Abstract: A method and system for automatically determining the position of transceivers of navigation signals using a utilization system for the navigation signals are provided. First, coarse calibration of the coordinates of the transceivers is performed. Next, a trajectory of the utilization system is estimated. Finally, fine calibration of the coordinates of the transceivers and the trajectory of the utilization system is performed.

Abstract: In a device for capturing high energy radiation emitted from a radiation source within an examination object with a detector, the detector is arranged on a carriage mechanism that is mounted in a rotatable fashion around the examination object. The carriage mechanism is supported on a stand unit via a retaining mechanism, with an amplifier device being provided that amplifies the signals coming from the detector that are fed to the amplifier device via a signal guidance device. A data processing device is provided to process the amplified signals. By arranging the amplifier device and/or the data processing device essentially within the stand unit, a device is provided which can be flexibly utilized and which increases the patient's comfort during an examination.

Abstract: In an imaging acquisition system and method, successive x-ray images and successive optical images are respectively acquired from an examination subject. Positional identifiers associated with the examination subject are detected in the optical images, and acquisition of respective x-ray images is triggered only when the identifiers are detected in the optical images. The number of acquired x-ray images is therefore substantially fewer than the number of acquired optical images, and the x-ray images can be acquired with substantially no overlap, thereby avoiding exposing the examination subject to unnecessary radiation.

Abstract: A hybrid drive train includes an internal combustion engine, an electromagnetic transmission downstream of the internal combustion engine and an axle drive downstream of the electromagnetic transmission. The electromagnetic transmission includes a first and a second electric machine and a stator in common for the first and the second electric machine. The first electric machine has a drive rotor connected to an input shaft. The second electric machine has an output drive rotor connected to an output shaft. An effective transmission ratio can be set by an axial displacement of the stator in relation to the drive rotor and the output drive rotor. A driving battery is connected to a short-circuit winding of the stator via switchable lines and power electronics having an associated controllable DC-DC converter, so that a flow of energy between the first and second electric machines and the driving battery can be controlled.

Abstract: A system for determining the position and orientation of a flying object such as a missile includes a ground segment having at least one pseudolite station located on the earth's surface which transmits into space a navigation signal that uniquely identifies the pseudolite station, and a user segment having at least one sensor which is situated in the missile and is designed to receive the navigation signal from the at least one pseudolite station and to determine its absolute position and orientation in space on the basis of the received navigation signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor-pump unit for a motor vehicle brake system, comprising a motor and a pump which is provided with a shaft that is driven by said motor, with the shaft end being rotatably mounted by means of at least one bearing in an accommodating member having valves and connecting channels, said shaft driving displacement means which are disposed in a chamber that can be filled with pressure fluid. In order to improve vacuum filling of the brake system with pressure fluid, the invention discloses that the shaft end terminates into a free space, and that at least one connection is provided between the free space and the chamber.

Abstract: In a device for capturing high energy radiation emitted from a radiation source within an examination object with a detector, the detector is arranged on a carriage mechanism that is mounted in a rotatable fashion around the examination object. The carriage mechanism is supported on a stand unit via a retaining mechanism, with an amplifier device being provided that amplifies the signals coming from the detector that are fed to the amplifier device via a signal guidance device. A data processing device is provided to process the amplified signals. By arranging the amplifier device and/or the data processing device essentially within the stand unit, a device is provided which can be flexibly utilized and which increases the patient's comfort during an examination.

Abstract: An electrical machine includes at least one permanently excited rotor and/or stator, a magnetic field for operating the electrical machine being able to be generated, using a plurality of permanent magnets that are arranged along the circumference of the rotor and/or stator. The permanent magnets are each assembled from a plurality of individual magnet segments having the same polarization, between adjacent magnet segments at least one gap being provided, in which at least one electrically insulating layer is arranged.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for switching currents in a stator winding (1) of a generator/electric motor combination, said stator winding (1) comprising at least one winding which can be short-circuited or switched in a highly-resistive manner by means of at least one device (T1, D1; T2, D2). Said at least one winding is connected to a capacitor (C), by which means the voltage peaks thereof can be reduced as a result of switching processes, and energy stored in the stator winding can be temporarily stored. At least one switchable decoupling element (2) is arranged between the winding and the capacitor (C). The energy to be temporarily stored can be branched off as a charging current to the capacitor by means of the decoupling element (2), as a result of the disconnection of the device in a non-working cycle, and the temporarily stored energy can be fed back into the stator winding (1) as a working current in the working cycle.

Abstract: A method for three-dimensional display in which a plurality of individual image elements ?ij are made visible simultaneously in a raster of columns i and lines j, wherein the image elements ?ij reproduce partial information from a plurality of views Ak (k1 . . . n) of a scene/object, and adjacent image elements ?ij radiate light of different wavelengths or wavelength regions is provided. In a method of the type described above, wavelength-dependent propagation directions are predetermined for the light radiated from the image elements ?ij. The propagation directions within an observation space in which an observer is situated intersect in a plurality of intersection points which correspond to observation positions. From each observation position, one eye of an observer perceives predominantly partial information of a first selection and the other eye perceives predominantly partial information of a second selection from views Ak (k=1 . . . n).

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor-pump unit for a motor vehicle brake system, comprising a motor and a pump which is provided with a shaft that is driven by said motor, with the shaft end being rotatably mounted by means of at least one bearing in an accommodating member having valves and connecting channels, said shaft driving displacement means which are disposed in a chamber that can be filled with pressure fluid. In order to improve vacuum filling of the brake system with pressure fluid, the invention discloses that the shaft end terminates into a free space, and that at least one connection is provided between the free space and the chamber.

Abstract: A pressure fluid accumulator with a housing having its interior subdivided by a media-separating element into two chambers, the first chamber being filled with a gas and the second chamber being filled with a liquid, and wherein in a hydraulic port a bottom valve is provided which permits filling the second chamber with liquid and prevents complete evacuation of the second chamber, and the valve's closure member is operable by the media-separating element. In order to prevent, especially at low temperatures and high viscosity of the pressure fluid, damage of the media-separating element caused by a high differential pressure, a device is provided between the media-separating element and the bottom valve.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for three-dimensional display in which a plurality of individual image elements ajj are made visible simultaneously in a raster of columns i and lines j, wherein the image elements &agr;ij reproduce partial information from a plurality of views Ak (k-l . . . n) of a scene/object, and adjacent image elements &agr;ij radiate light of different wavelengths or wavelength regions. The invention is further directed to arrangements for carrying out the method.